Pictorial Biography of the 
Venerable Master
HSU YUN

Continued from issue 49

Composed by the Venerable Tripitaka Master Hua

Translated by Disciple Bhiksu Heng Yo

Illustrated by a Student of Prajna

CONTENTED WITH HIS DESTINY TO SERVE THE PERMANENTLY DWELLING #18

      When the Master was twenty-three years of age, he had completed three years of bowing the repentance ceremony. One day a Sangha member came and-said, "Your father has resigned his post because of his age and has returned home. The Venerable Master Miao Lien applauds your austerities and determination on the Path of cultivation. However, he says one must have both wisdom and blessings, and one must understand phenomena as well as phenomena. On one hand, bowing the repentance ceremony as you have done leads to wisdom, but on the other hand, you should attain blessings by undertaking the responsibility of serving those of the monastery, that is, by benefiting everyone and the Triple Jewel.

The Gatha says:

The Permanently Dwelling of the ten directions is the honorable Triple Jewel.

Performing his duties for the sake of all, he always did his best;

The Master cultivated both blessings and wisdom, banking up the self-nature;

The place where worthy sages dwell is called a Buddhist monastery.